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Fucked Up to Release 10th Anniversary David Comes To Life Vinyl, Plus ‘The Truest Road’ Rarity
Toronto punk band Fucked Up is celebrating their concept album David Comes To Life with a limited-edition two-LP reissue on lightbulb-yellow vinyl. Out via Matador Records on Dec. 10, the collection will revisit a set of songs that splayed freely into unexpected instrumentation, psychedelic drift, and situationist philosophy. Additionally, “The Truest Road,” pulled from a rarities LP that will be announced later this year. Check out “The Truest Road” here. The compilation David’s Town – a companion to David Comes to Life, previously available only on vinyl – has also been made available on streaming for the first time ever. Pre-order of the special edition is available here. Following the vinyl’s release, Fucked Up plan to tour both North American co...
Brad Whitford: “I Have My Doubts About Aerosmith Ever Really Performing Again”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-05T16:52:56+00:00“>June 5, 2021 | 12:52pm ET The pandemic put a halt on the concert industry that lasted well over a year. While many bands are preparing to hit the road again this summer and fall, some veteran acts may have missed out on their last genuine opportunity to play for their legions of fans. Unfortunately, according to guitarist Brad Whitford, Aerosmith may be one of those bands. As it was, 2020 was slated to be a big year for Aerosmith. The band was set to continue its “Deuces Are Wild” Las Vegas residency well into the latter part of the year, and was also scheduled to perform a massive hometown 50th anniversary show in Boston’s Fenway Park. The 50th anniversary con...
Barack Obama Makes A Surprise Visit To Chicago Youth Football Team
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JEWEL SAMAD / Getty The Chicago Southside Wolfpack youth football team got a surprise visitor to their practice that they’ll never forget – former president Barack Obama. “I told you I was coming by, coach! You didn’t believe me!” the former president and sports fan said, laughing. The team, composed of boys aged eight to sixteen, plays in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago. Part of the park where their field is located will soon become a part of the site where the Obama Presidential Center will be. Obama spoke to the players, cheerleaders and coaches to reassure them that they will always have a place to play. “To come here and stand in front of our kids and talk to them, he gave them hope,” Coach Ernest Radcliffe said. The Obama Foundation worked...
Veteran Gets Mic Cut For Recognizing Black History At Memorial Day Event
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube A 77-year old Army veteran who was honoring the contributions of Black veterans in founding Memorial Day during his speech charged the organizers with censoring him that day by cutting off his microphone as he spoke at an American Legion event during the holiday. Retired Lt. Col. Barnard Kempter, speaking at the event hosted by the Hudson American Legion Auxillary in Hudson, Ohio began to cite the history of how Black soldiers began the tradition in Charleston, South Carolina in 1865. It was at that point that his microphone was cut off for two minutes. The veteran at first thought it was technical difficulties. The president of the auxiliary, Cindy Suchan later told a local newspaper that it was intentional claiming that part “was not r...
High School Football Coach Suspended For Forcing Player To Eat Pork
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images / Getty Hazing is still a problem that exists in football along with bad behavior from some of its coaches—but, the most recent example? A high school football coach, and his staff, in Canton, Ohio have been suspended after it was learned that he forced one of his players to eat pork against his religious beliefs as a punishment. The incident occurred on May 24, the last day of classes. The senior, a rising athlete who has attracted Division I college schools, had missed a voluntary practice session with the team four days earlier. Coach Marcus Wattley decided to make him sit in the locker room surrounded by his teammates and other coaches and eat an entire pepperoni pizza as punishment even though he was fu...
Suspect Arrested After One Person Shot Dead at Boosie Video Shoot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty One person was fatally shot after a gunman opened fire in the middle of a crowded video shoot for Boosie Badazz over Memorial Day weekend. According to TMZ, dozens of people surrounded rappers Boosie and Dee Rogers while filming the video for their song “Clutchin” in Huntsville, AL on Saturday (May 29). Cell phone footage captures a heavily armed crowd toting firearms while dancing in front of a camera when unexpected shots rang in the background. The crowd quickly dispersed to take cover for safety. Shortly after, Huntsville PD arrived on the scene responding to a report of shots fired, witnessing 50 to 100 people fleeing either by foot or in vehicles. While surveilling the area, police di...
Tragic: Dallas Rapper Lil Loaded Dead At The Age of 20
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Another member of the Hip-Hop community light has been dimmed. Monday (May 31), The Dallas Morning News reported that local rapper Lil Loaded passed away at 20. While the news outlet didn’t reveal his cause of death, some social media users have been pointing to the rapper’s last post in his Instagram Stories as an indication as to how he passed. This has not been confirmed, but fans believe the rapper died as a result of suicide. In the post, he wrote: “Dear most high, Please forgive me for my shortcomings and all of the times I’ve fell short of making you proud and being appreciative of all the blessings that have been put in my life. Sometimes the lines are blurred between being solid and being heartless. I want to thank yo...
Regina King Discovers She’s Rumored To Direct The New Black Superman Film
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Handout / Getty As much as the award-winning actress and director Regina King is on top of her game, there are some things that can escape her. One of those things happens to be the rumor that she’s on a shortlist to be the director of an upcoming Superman film for DC and Warner Bros. This past Saturday, King was being interviewed on MSNBC’s The Cross Connection hosted by journalist Tiffany Cross as part of special coverage centered on the 100th commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma. Towards the end of the interview, Ms. Cross delivered this question: “I’m curious because this is a little bit of gossip. You’re rumored to be on the shortlist to direct Superman. You and Barry Jenkins, both of your names have been thrown out there,” the MSNBC ...
Morrissey to Release 11-Song LP, Bonfire of the Teenagers
“The worst year of my life concludes with the best album of my life,” Morrissey said, pulling no punches in the announcement of his new album, Bonfire of the Teenagers. Moz announced the 11-track LP on his website, saying that the record had been completed in Los Angeles with no release date set. The reason why there’s no release date? “Morrissey is unsigned. The album is available to the highest (or lowest) bidder,” it said on his site. The singer revealed that BMG had dropped him in a November 2020 update on his website, titled “BMG Dumps Morrissey,” noting, “BMG have appointed a new executive who does not want another Morrissey album. Instead, the new BMG Executive has announced new plans for ‘diversity’ within BMG’s artist roster, and all projected BMG Morrissey re...
Smashing Pumpkins Announce Live in Japan, 1992 LP
Smashing Pumpkins’ debut album Gish turned 30 this week, and to celebrate the band announced its first archival release: Live in Japan, 1992. The limited edition live album will be released as a double LP on purple swirl, 180g vinyl. “Audio is from a board tape and is not available anywhere else,” the band wrote on Instagram. The setlist is from their show at Kawasaki Japan’s Club Citta in Feb. 1992 and includes banter and extended songs. The LP will only be available for 24 hours via Madame ZuZu’s website (Billy Corgan’s tea shop). The standard runs $70 and a recorded signed by Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain is available for $170. Live in Japan, 1992 is available for pre-order here, and the Pumpkins promise the image on Instagram is not the cover art. Chec...
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Steps Down As Director Amid Controversy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Francine Orr / Getty Activist Patrisse Cullors announced on Thursday, May 27 that she is resigning her position as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Foundation that she helped to found in 2013. “I’ve created the infrastructure and the support, and the necessary bones and foundation, so that I can leave,” Cullors said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It feels like the time is right.” The move comes after a controversy arose concerning Ms. Cullors’ lifestyle while serving as executive director, focusing on decisions made to make multiple costly real estate purchases. One decision that drew the most scrutiny from a slew of conservative websites and pundits was her purchase of a home worth $1 million dollars in the Topanga Canyon ...
Howard University Renames College of Fine Arts For Chadwick Boseman
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Howard University / Howard University The late Chadwick Boseman captivated audiences with his work on the motion picture screen, portraying powerful figures such as James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and Jackie Robinson and of course Marvel’s Black Panther. But to all who knew him, he was a proud alumni of Howard University first, even taking part in protests against the school’s consolidation of the fine arts college in 1997 as a sophomore. To that end, the HBCU announced that their newly re-established college of fine arts will now be known as the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. This will be led by their newly appointed dean, Phylicia Rashad. The Washington, D.C.-based university’s president, Wayne A. I. Frederick broke the news in a ...
